Leadership for Tomorrow's Schools

by Jerry L. Patterson

In this insightful and encouraging book, Jerry L. Patterson presents a vision of leadership at work in the schools of tomorrow, schools that he says will be "pulled by the future" rather than "pushed by the past." To meet the challenges of the future, says Patterson, we must rethink our beliefs about leadership and adopt new organizational values. We must also concentrate on creating a "preferred" future. At the heart of this preferred future is an organization characterized by openness and participation and driven by core values. Patterson shows us the inherent weaknesses of today's organizational values and the enduring strengths of tomorrow's Using school-based examples, he provides guidelines for developing core values and using them to guide decision making. The result is a book that will undoubtedly move readers to embark on their own journey to transform themselves into the leaders of tomorrow.

107 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1993